- Nose
- Salted toffee, smoked honeycomb, heather honey, toasted spices (clove), smoked ham, dried fruit chutney, peppery stir fry marinaded shellfish, damp leather and raisin. Also soft cooked fruits, burnt orange, sweet and subtle notes of peat and brine, background notes of orange peel, grassy, summer floral and herbal (camphor, eucalyptus), sulphur, BBQ spices, honey, dry wood fire smoke, bacon, chocolate, and red berries.
- Palate
- Dark treacle toffee, fruit and nut chocolate, thick wave of smoked heathery infused peat smoke, earthy and savoury meat notes, rootsy/mushroom note, late spices (cinnamon sticks and clove). Also sherry notes, vanilla and citrus, peat, black pepper, lemon and brown sugar, sweet, phenolic, peppery and a little salty, hints of quinces, malty, and spicy alcohol.
- Finish
- Smoked rum and raisin fudge, sweet paprika, peppercorns, more fruit and nut chocolate, aromatic peat. Thick and treacly long finish. Also long and smooth with lingering oak and spice, soft peat in the background, rich with a soft sweet peaty aftertaste, light for a cask strength, salty, creamy honey mouthfeel, and ashy smoke.